Heart-stopping 40-pound (20-kilogram) salmon rest in a pool in Quebec's Causapscal River, home to some of the largest Atlantic salmon in the world. On the menu since time immemorial, Atlantic salmon have been etched on 12,000-year-old artifacts of Cro-Magnon man, mentioned by Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, protected by the Magna Carta, and crowned "King of fresh-water fish" by Izaak Walton in his 1653 classic, The Compleat Angler.

Weather Conditions: Sunny and hotTime of Day: MiddayLighting Techniques: I combined natural light with two Ikelite SS200 strobes for fill flash.Special Equipment or Comments: I used a rebreather so there wouldn't be any bubbles.